Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for a Diversified Origin of Workers Building Mausoleum for First Emperor of China

Zhi Xu; Fan Zhang; Bosong Xu; Jingze Tan; Shilin Li; Chunxiang Li; Hui Zhou; Hong Zhu; Jun Zhang; Qingbo Duan; Li Jin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003275

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Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for a Diversified Origin of Workers Building Mausoleum for First Emperor of China

Zhi Xu,

Affiliation Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Fan Zhang,

Affiliation Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Bosong Xu,

Affiliation Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Jingze Tan,

Affiliation Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Shilin Li,

Affiliation Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Chunxiang Li,

Affiliation Ancient DNA Laboratory, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Hui Zhou,

Affiliation Ancient DNA Laboratory, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Hong Zhu,

Affiliation Ancient DNA Laboratory, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Jun Zhang,

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
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Qingbo Duan,

Affiliation Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Xian, China
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Li Jin

* E-mail: ljin007@gmail.com

Affiliations Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Max Planck Society (CAS-MPG) Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for a Diversified Origin of Workers Building Mausoleum for First Emperor of China

Zhi Xu,
Fan Zhang,
Bosong Xu,
Jingze Tan,
Shilin Li,
Chunxiang Li,
Hui Zhou,
Hong Zhu,
Jun Zhang,
Qingbo Duan

Published: October 1, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003275

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